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Building Better Leaders

Building Better Leaders

By: Scaffold Coaching
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Building Better Leaders is a top 50 Feedspot leadership podcast created to help leaders get the best outcomes for themselves, their teams and organisation. Hosted by the founders of Scaffold Coaching, Rachael Sullivan and John Tattersall, cover all things work: from how to lead your team in uncertain times, overcoming motivation issues, managing change, better decision making, problem solving, managing work and home life to building outstanding organisational culture.

Rachael & John interview guests from different walks of life who share their leadership journeys; through their stories we learn how these people have achieved amazing results, successful careers and developed others by adopting different leadership strategies. At the end of each interview their guests share 3 Leadership Essentials which you can consider implementing to improving your leadership skills.

Under a chosen theme they taker a deeper dive into applying their latest guests leadership lessons whilst introducing bite-sized elements of the Building Better Leader workshops.


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Episodes
  • S3: Impactful & Purposeful Conversations with Suzanne Hayes-Jones

    S3: Impactful & Purposeful Conversations with Suzanne Hayes-Jones
    Apr 10 2025
    In this bonus episode of Building Better Leaders Season 3 we speak to Suzanne Hayes Jones, from the Laid Bare Company - an organisation focused on helping leaders have more impactful, purposeful conversations.

    Suzanne has extensive experience in coaching, coach development, and organisational culture transformation. She also contributes to the leadership programmes at Henley Business School.

    In this podcast conversation, we talk to Suzanne about:

    • What coaching really is and what it is not?
    • The shift away from command and control leadership
    • Why leaders are struggling to apply coaching skills?
    • The importance of the art of conversation in leadership
    • Practical ways to start developing coaching skills
    • Barriers to implementing coaching skills
    • The role of followers in developing a coaching culture
    • Why clarity is essential for kindness?
    • The drama triangle
    Suzanne’s Leadership Essentials:

    1. Approach with curiosity over judgment
    2. Bring your humanity, not your pedigree
    3. Think about your presence as opposed to your performance as a leader.
    If you’d like to find out more about Suzanne and her work, please check out:
    http://www.thelaidbarecompany.com

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    59 mins
  • S3: A deep dive into Adult Development Theory with Jennifer Garvey Berger

    S3: A deep dive into Adult Development Theory with Jennifer Garvey Berger
    Feb 14 2025
    In this bonus episode of Building Better Leaders Season 3 we speak to Jennifer Garvey Berger, CEO of Cultivating Leadership – a B Corp that supports leaders, teams, and whole organisations to rise to the challenge and opportunity in a complex, changing world.
    Jennifer has a masters and doctorate from the University of Harvard, where she was the student of professor Bob Keegan whose work on adult development theory formed the basis of Jennifers research.
    Jennifer is also the author of several books and the reason we've got her on the podcast is to talk about her latest book Changing on the Job which is in its second edition.
    In this podcast conversation we talk to Jennifer about her latest book, asking her about:
    • What is adult development theory and why is it important in leadership?
    • What are the four forms of mind?
    • Which questions you can ask to uncover which form of mind you are probably operating in currently?
    • What is complexity fitness?
    • How to identify where your team might be operating from today?
    • The role of the ego in adult development theory
    • How do you move towards the self-transforming mindset?
    • Which leaders Jennifer thinks operate from the self-transforming mindset today?

    Jennifers Leadership Essentials:
    1. Get curious about your own sense making. Ask what other possible perspectives can I take and consider in this situation?
    2. Actively listen in a more open and curious way. What is causing this person to say and think this way?
    3. Take care of your body. How can I get better quality sleep, choose my diet more carefully, and nourish my mind and body?
    This conservation was a real privilege, and we are incredibly grateful to Jennifer for giving up her time to join us on the podcast. If you’d like to buy her book or find out more about her, please check out:
    https://www.cultivatingleadership.com/
    Follow Jennifer on LinkedIn
    Buy the book here
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • S3: Striving for Peak Performance at work

    S3: Striving for Peak Performance at work
    Feb 5 2025
    In the fourth episode of Building Better Leaders Season 3 we look at how peak performance works at work. John and Rachael explore the concept of peak performance in a business context, discussing its cultivation, application, and sustainability within organisations.

    The conversation starts by examining the psychological aspects of performance, including the Yerkes-Dobson law and the relationship between stress, motivation, and productivity. The conversation covers the importance of understanding individual performance curves and the four short terms zones performance can fall into - the recuperation zone, performance zone, stretch zone and overwhelm. Then they discuss how leaders can use this information to better manage energy levels to balance high performance with rest periods to avoid burnout and maintain productivity in themselves and their teams within the workplace.

    The coaching questions posed in this podcast include:
    Asking leaders to understand that the performance curve is unique for everyone
    How you take personal responsibility for managing your own time, energy management and stress levels to ensure you achieve effective performance.
    Understanding that peak performance is not always achievable in the workplace, but it is a valuable goal to strive for.

    Leadership Essentials:

    1. Get curious as to how you manage your energy levels by recognising the relationship between your arousal and stress levers
    2. What are the factors at play in your role and organisation that require peak performance, and restoration? What skill levels are required? What do you need to get better at?
    3. Is peak performance something you should be striving for in your role? Short term - Yes, Long term - No.
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    34 mins
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